"Keep Away" Task Outline

Tactical Problem:  Maintaining possession of the ball.
Skill Objective:  Passing the soccer ball using the in-step of the foot and moving to open space to receive.

Teaching Points: 

Tactic/Strategy:

  • Passing away from a defender to an open space for your partner to receive the pass
Skill:
  • Move to open space to receive the pass
  • Pass to an open space
  • Verbal/non-verbal communication
  • Faking
  • In-step pass
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Organizational Points: 
  • Group of 3 per grid, 2 players as offence and 1 player as defender
Extending Task: 
  • Decrease dimensions of the grid
Simplifying Task:
  • Decrease the ball size
  • Defender can only walk
  • Increase size of the grid
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